Book-support.



No. 734,218. PATENTED JULY 21; 1903. G. P. BLEY.

BOOK SUPPORT.

' APPLICATION rum) r113. 14, 1903.

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- Patented July 21, 1903.-

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES P. BL\EY, on CEDARFALLS, IOWA.

BOOK-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,218, dated July 21, 1903.

Application filed February 14, 1903. fierial No. 143,353. (No model.)

To all whmn it neay concern.-

Beitknown that 1, CHARLES P. BLEY, acit-izen of the United States, residing at Cedarfalls, in the county of Blackhawk and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Book- Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to desk or book-support attachments to chairs and similar articles of furniture, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction of devices of this character and to increase their usefulness; and the invention consists in certain novel features of the construction, as hereinafter shown and described, andspecified in the claim.

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, in which corresponding parts are designated by like denoting characters, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied to a chair with the parts distended. Fig. 2 is a reversed perspective view of the table portion. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the table portion with the section folded.

The improved device consists of a table portion composed of two sections 10 11, divided longitudinally and of unequal lengths and flexibly united, as by hinges 12 13, so that the parts are foldable, as shown in Fig. 3. The two parts 10 11 are provided, respectively, with cleats 14 15, arranged with their adjacent ends abutting, as shown in Fig. 2, to receiverthe strains and relieve the hinges to a large extent, the cleats at the same time forming transverse supports to the sections 10 and 11. The hinges 12 13 are arranged upon the upper sides of the sections 10 11, and the section 11 is provided with a bookrest in the form of a stop or cleat 16, as shown in Fig. 1, which becomes a parting-block to hold the sections 10 11 in parallel relations when folded, as in Fig. 3, to form a space between the two sections.

Beneath the section 10 is attached a socketclip 17, provided with-a transverse aperture, in which the horizontal arm of a bent standard 18 fits and secured in place by a set-screw 19, as shown. The vertical arm of the standard is adjustably connected by a clamp 20to the chair 21 or other support, the clamp having a set-screw 22, engaging the chair, and a similar set-screw 23, engaging the standard. By these connecting means it is evident the table portion may be adjusted longitudinally to any desired angle or set in any desired position relative to'the chair or other support. The shorter section 11 thus extends in front of the person occupying the chair and provides a support for books oi writing material, while the longer section 10, coming more to one side, serves as an arm rest. The shorter section may be folded over upon the longer section to permit easy ingress or egress to the chair.

It will be noted that the occupant of the chair may push his book or writing material from the section 11 onto the section 10 and then by folding the section 11 over onto the section 10 the article will be confined within the space formed between the two members and will always be handy when the occupant resumes his seat again, the stop 16 causing such a space to be formed by supporting the section 11 above the section 10 and parallel thereto.

A pen or pencil clip may be attached, if required, as shown.

If required, the device may be employed for supporting articles contiguous to a bed or couch by adjusting the table to a level position and reversing the position of the standard 18. By this means the device may be employed as an invalids table without altering or detaching any of the parts.

The lower chair-gripping jaws of the clamp will have sufficient range to adapt them to any size of chair or other structure to which it is to be attached, and the parts which engage the chair will be provided with felt or other suitable protecting means to prevent abrasion.

The parts may be of any size and any required material and may be ornamented or finished in any desired manner and adapted to any style of chair or other piece of furniture.

The device maybe attached to any desired part of the chair-either the body, arms, or

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other partor to any style of chair, and will longer section to cause the stopto rest upon 15. be found very convenient for the purposes the upper face thereof for supporting the described. shorter section above the same and parallel The device when not required may be thereto, to form a space between the two sec- 5 folded into small space for storage or transtions for the reception of an article, and

portation. means for adjustablysupporting the two sec- :0

Having thus described the invention, what tious. I claim is- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as A book-support comprising two longitudimy own I have hereto aflfixed my signature in I0 nally-hinged sections, one of said sections the presence of two witnesses.

terminating short of the end of the other sec- CHARLES P. BLEY. tion, a transverse stop secured across the up- Witnesses: per face of the shorter section, said shorter M. HAMMOND,

section being adapted to be folded upon the S. B. HUMBERT. 

